Smith's bent-toed gecko
| Smith's bent-toed gecko | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Gekkota |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Hemidactylus |
| Species: | H. malcolmsmithi
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| Binomial name | |
| Hemidactylus malcolmsmithi (Constable, 1949)
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| File:Cyrtodactylus malcolmsmithi distribution.png | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
Smith's bent-toed gecko (Hemidactylus malcolmsmithi), also known commonly as Malcolm's bow-fingered gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to India.
Taxonomy
[edit | edit source]Hemidactylus malcolmsmithi was originally described in the genus Gymnodactylus. It is sometimes placed in the genus Cyrtodactylus.
Etymology
[edit | edit source]The specific name, malcolmsmithi, is in honor of British herpetologist Malcolm Arthur Smith.[3]
Geographic range
[edit | edit source]Hemidactylus malcolmsmithi is found in northern India, in the Indian state of Punjab.[2]
The type locality is "Beas River basin, Punjab, India".[4]
Habitat
[edit | edit source]The preferred natural habitats of Hemidactylus malcolmsmithi are shrubland and forest.[1]
Description
[edit | edit source]A small species for its genus, Hemidactylus malcolmsmithi has a maximum recorded snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 5.4 cm (2.1 in). It has a series of 10–14 femoral pores on the ventral surface of each thigh, the two series being separated by two poreless scales.[2]
Reproduction
[edit | edit source]Hemidactylus malcolmsmithi is oviparous.[2]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ a b c d Species Hemidactylus malcolmsmithi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Beolens, Bo: Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).. (Cyrtodactylus malcolmsmithi, p. 247).
- ^ Constable (1949).
Further reading
[edit | edit source]- Agarwal I, Giri VB, Bauer AM (2018). "On the Status of Cyrtodactylus malcolmsmithi (Constable, 1949)" Breviora (557): 1–11. (Hemidactylus malcolmsmithi, new combination).
- Constable, John D. (1949). "Reptiles from the Indian Peninsula in the Museum of Comparative Zoology". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge (Massachusetts) 103 (2): 59–160. (Gymnodactylus malcolmsmithi, new species, pp. 80–82).
- Underwood, Garth (1954). "On the classification and evolution of geckos". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 124 (3): 469–492. (Cyrtodactylus malcolmsmithi, new combination).
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